I keep a bottle of Seachem Reef Carbonate handy just in case my alkalinity drops...but hasn't been a problem yet. Last two are for Calcium, but I like the Reef Plus for the other trace elements...My calcium stays at 410-460 and my alkalinty is stable at 3.2. Oh, added benefit is amazingly fast coralline growth. My corals grow super fast now too; something that wasn't apparent at all before I started this routine a month ago..

NorthStar

Posted 07 December 2004 - 07:02 AM

NorthStar

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I use Tropic Marin Pro salt which is calcium enriched. TMC in the UK use tropic marin and they are the biggest wholesale livestock supplier in the UK so I trust their choice in this area. It gives me all the calcium my tank needs between water changes. I did used to add calcium as a seperate dose but as the salt is enriched theres no need. Also with such a small volume of water I found it difficult to judge the doses when adding calcium seperatley and thats using test kits!
I don't want to endanger my livestock I have in my nano by adding a random dose of calcium as some people do and I don't awant to be forever adjusting the levels if a water change will do it in one go. A stable tank is a happy tank in my experience.